Liquid PC Cooling

I’m always tweaking and adding new tech to it, but as time went on I found my PC fans just couldn’t keep up with modern components.

Heat was becoming a real problem even without overclocking so when it came time to upgrade the key parts I decided to go with full water cooling.

Most of the new components are from the Asus Republic of Gamers line. The board is a Maximus Formula VI with a Swiftech Apogee Drive II CPU Waterblock & Pump on the processor.

I chose ROG components for speed, looks, and compatibility, the water goes to the processor, motherboard, then the Poseidon-GTX780 video card.

Even though these parts are large I still have plenty of room for everything, but since I have a ridiculously custom setup, I figured there was no reason to hide the water cooling components so I built outward to the wall.

In order to cool a computer with water you need a pump, reservoir, radiator, and power. I decided to built it all into a single unit.

Thanks to a PC power supply I had sitting around this is a stand alone unit. Even if the main pump in the computer fails this will keep the water flowing

Because I was building the system to be it’s own unit, I needed an indicator that everything was on. Luckily LEDs for computers are easy to come by and this blacklight fan highlighter fit perfectly behind the reservoir.

I used a mix of blinders and metallic tape to make the water glow, but not be annoying to your eyes when you looked it.

The two pumps happened mainly because I didn’t know I could get one for the processor until late in the design of my system, but it ended up working out. The water has to travel 8 feel each way, so it could use the extra help.

The extra travel is a downside, but it’s made up for in that I can drain the system totally without getting anywhere near the electronics.

I have access like this to both sides of the system, some thumb screws hide my crimes.

So yea, a custom PC cooling right you can fairly call complex. I’m really happy with how it performs and especially how it all looks.